Ticherra

Blue imperial
	From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Ticherra
Species:	T. acte
Binomial name
	Ticherra acte; (Moore, 1857)
Synonyms
	Myrina acte Moore, [1858]; Myrina symira Hewitson, 1876; Ticherra acte acte f. idina Fruhstorfer, 1912; Biduanda staudingeri Druce, 1895;

Ticherra is a monotypic genus in the lycaenid or blues family. Its sole species is Ticherra acte, the blue imperial, a small butterfly found in India and South-East Asia.

Subspecies

Ticherra acte acte (Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia)
Ticherra acte liviana Fruhstorfer, 1912 (southern Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Sumatra)
Ticherra acte staudingeri (Druce, 1895) (Borneo)
Ticherra acte retracta Cowan, 1967 (Hainan)

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